Goodbye, My Sallu.
Okay, I know he hasn’t been arrested as yet but it’s just matter of sometime now.
Sessions Court in Jodhpur which upheld the five-year jail term for actor Salman Khan in the Chinkara poaching case, turning down the actor’s appeal against his sentencing last year. The actor failed to appear for the hearing, saying he missed the flight to Jodhpur from Hyderabad where he is currently shooting.
Salman will now be arrested unless he surrenders before the court himself. [IBN Live]
It’s astonishing isn’t it, the way our thinking works? When Sanjay Dutt was handed with 6 years prison sentence, I felt a little bad but overall was happy with the outcome. As they say, “Justice had prevailed”, though I know there are many who would argue with me on this.
But the thing that bothered me the most since Sanjay Dutt’s punishment was what would become of my favorite Salman Khan. To make things clear, no I am not delusional - I am well aware of the fact that many across the nation are more sympathetic towards Sanjay but not Salman. To the actor’s disadvantage, his past (besides the crimes committed) has a lot to do with it as well - troubled relationships, scandals, (rumored) underworld connection, dadagiri and the likes.
No, I am again making it clear; the purpose of this post is not to defend him. Like any other ordinary citizen, I too believe that be it Salman, Ambani or whoever golden spoon fed dude, should be treated equal in the eyes of the law. If a crime has been committed then they should pay for it; no two ways about it.
But no matter how logical and appropriate the consequences may sound, the fan inside of me wants to disagree. It’s hard not to be affected, it’s difficult not to be filled with sadness - it’s tough to be immune. The selfish nature within wants to see him walk off scot-free; his negative past to be forgotten or some loophole to be found in the system, so that the charges against him are dropped.
Then again in life things usually don’t happen as per our wishes, no matter how desperately we want them to come true. On the other, I truly believe; what goes around comes around.
These are naught but the ramblings of a distressed fan and they end thus:
Dear Salman, I shall always remember you for the good things and forever you shall be my Hero No. 1 but dude without any denial this is the time to reap what you have sown.
Goodbye but only for now.
We all have a right to express our views. In many instances; it will be against ours and in some; with us. To hear them out is 'decency' but to let them get to you is 'weakness'. 
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Aug 24th, 2007 at 9:37 am | #
Salman Khan is a bully & a tyrant. Worse, when you think about his lack of concern for other’s lives. He’s a woman-basher (it’s ironic that you mentioned your feminist(?) side being pampered reg. Chak De & featured Borwankar as one of the top Mumbayites just a few posts back). I know it’s wrong to judge people unless you know them really, really intimately but after witnessing the ugly facade this guy has projected time and time again one can’t help but wish he’s locked up for a considerable amount of time.
Aug 24th, 2007 at 9:52 am | #
Dear M, let me put it this way….you are free to believe whatever you want and similarly so do I. As mentioned in the post, I know the law is correct in this case…but as a fan, I think differently. It’s true when they say “Your past shall forever haunt you”…and so it is with Salman.
Aug 24th, 2007 at 10:33 am | #
Well, Sakshi,
Why people dont favour him much over Sanjay is because Salman is a brat and behaves like one, inspite of several cases against him. Disregarding the case of drunken driving(he did not intentionally run them over), he is a spoilt brat. A woman-basher yes. A communal minded person, yes (recall him saying a couple of times that he is being hounded by police because he is muslim). A brawler yes.. (a news channel showed videos of salman fighting abhishek bacchan with a daru ka bottle in his hands)..
Once is ok, but so many times ??
Aug 24th, 2007 at 2:26 pm | #
Paanch saal mein police wale uski saari garmi nikaal denge. I hope he gets no relief. And overall its rigorous imprisonment. Means, Sallu miyan got enough time to build his body some more…hahahaha
And also find time to scratch his non-existent grey cells to try and remember who Vivek Oberoi and John Abraham are….hahaha
Saala…nautanki.
Aug 25th, 2007 at 6:39 am | #
Dear Sakshi, Kindly accept my condolances and cheer up.
Aug 26th, 2007 at 3:21 am | #
Don’t worry Sakshi. We all know, with the way our judicial system works your Sallu will be out in no time. For crying out loud, look at Sanjay Dutt.
Aug 26th, 2007 at 1:10 pm | #
He seem to exude a certain charisma, and I think it is his ability to live a charmed life that is appealing, and I do understand your sentiments. Sometimes our admiration is stronger than the imperfections of the admired. But as the fate of all charmed lives, the enigma eventually fades in the glare of the public eye.
Aug 27th, 2007 at 4:23 am | #
Maybe he is guilty, maybe not but the case as it was prosecuted against Salman is pretty weak. It relies solely on the testimony of one witness who changed his statements a couple of times - even later on saying that he was coerced by the police to testify against Salman (however, his statement was to the press and not the court - therefore is not admissable) Questions of his reliability should be raised.
I don’t care one way or another about Salman - I’ve only seen a few of his movies and wasn’t terribly impressed. But everyone even the most “bratty” deserves a fair trial. You should not be happy that somebody got sent to jail simply because you think that person is “bad.” That is not justice and sets a very bad precedent. The prosecution has to prove with evidence that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and for whatever reason, I don’t believe that is the case here. When the judge states that he wants to make “an example” of Salman and gives a sentence that is totally disproportionate to the crime, then you have to wonder if justice was truly the motivation of the court.
Aug 28th, 2007 at 7:05 am | #
Did Salman convert to Christianity?. Why is he wearing a Cross?
Oct 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pm | #
sakshi..i agree with all the people above …a person can only be given x number of chances(remember your mythology…jarasandha,wasnt he?) If he can change good for him….else he needs to be put away where he cant trouble others….did you seethe news.. his bodyguard just died ,whether he took a bribe from salman to disappear or had bad luck, one more person on salman’s hit list.
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